From low to high fertility in Sulawesi (Indonesia) during the colonial period: Explaining the 'first fertility transition'

Population Studies

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-327

  Henley, David ^a  

^a Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility transition; Historical demography; Indonesia; Institutional economics; Lactational amenorrhoea; Slavery; Sulawesi; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COLONIALISM; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33749840473     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720600896130     Document Type: Article

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